"Sans peur et sans reproche": The Retirement, Death, and Mourning of Sir Douglas Haig, 1918-1928

The death of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in January 1928 was the occasion of great public and private mourning throughout the United Kingdom, marking it out from the passing of other Great War generals. This article examines the scale and character of that mourning and suggests that they were the result not only of his wartime victory, but also of Haig's postwar activities and the chronological location of his death in the context of postwar bereavement and remembrance.